1. Install Apache
./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache2 –enable-so –enable-rewrite –with-mpm=prefork
make
make install
rm -Rf /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/*

2. Install mod_python-3.3.1

./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
make
make install

3. Install Python Imaging Library (PIL) – Imaging-1.1.6

python setup.py install

Note: To check if PIL was successfully installed:
#python selftest.py
***Test Failed*** 1 failures.
*** 1 tests of 57 failed.

47 ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so
48 ldconfig
49 python setup.py install
51 python selftest.py
54 rm -rf Imaging-1.1.6
55 tar -zxvf Imaging-1.1.6.tar.gz
56 cd Imaging-1.1.6
58 python selftest.py -> still fails
59 python setup.py install
60 python selftest.py -> ok

4. Check if mod_python was sucessfully installed.
http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/GettingModPythonWorking

[root@rupert-centos pytest]# python
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Mar 14 2007, 18:51:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mod_python
>>> mod_python.version
'3.3.1'
>>>

4. Edit httpd.conf

<directory>
 AddHandler python-program .py
 PythonHandler TileCache.Service
 PythonOption TileCacheConfig /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/tilecache/tilecache.cfg
 PythonDebug On
 PythonPath "sys.path + ['/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/tilecache/']"
</directory>
 
<directory>
 AddHandler mod_python .py
 PythonHandler test
 PythonDebug On
</directory>

Note: This syntax will work for all versions of mod_python. In version 3.0 and later, the name of the mod_python handler reference has actually been changed and thus it is now preferred to use “mod_python” instead of “python-program”. The old name though is still supported and will be used here to avoid confusion for those using version 2.7.

5. Test your python

from mod_python import apache
 
def handler(req):
      req.log_error('handler')
      req.content_type = 'text/plain'
      req.send_http_header()
      req.write('mptest.py\n')
      return apache.OK